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Julia Child's The Way to Cook; Inscribed by Her
CHILD, Julia.
The Way To Cook.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1997.
Later printing of this classic cookbook by Julia Child. Quarto, original boards, illustrated with photographs by Brian Leatart and Jim Scherer. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Lois Johnson Julia Child." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Carol Devine Carson.
Price: $400.00 Item Number: 146643
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"BON APPETIT!": FIRST EDITION OF FROM JULIA CHILD’S KITCHEN, SIGNED BY BOTH JULIA AND PAUL CHILD
CHILD, Julia.
From Julia Child’s Kitchen.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975.
First edition of Child's fourth book. Octavo, original pictorial coated cloth boards. Boldly by the author on front free endpaper, "Bon Appetit to Carol & Jim Julia Child." Additionally signed by Paul Child on the front free endpaper. Near fine in very good dust jacket. Photographs and drawings by Paul Child.
Price: $450.00 Item Number: 147065
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Rare First Editions Of Mastering The Art Of French Cooking Volumes 1 & 2; Both volumes signed by Julia Child and volume one is signed by Simone Beck
CHILD, Julia; Simone Beck; Louisette Bertholle.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking: Volumes 1 & 2.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961-70.
First editions of both volumes of this classic cook book. Quarto, 2 volumes, original illustrated boards. Volume one is boldly signed by Julia Child and Simone Beck on the title page. Volume two is signed by Julia Child on the title page. Drawings by Sidonie Coryn. Drawings by Paul Child. Typography, binding and jacket design by Warren Chappell. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box made by the Harcourt Bindery. An exceptional set, rare signed in both volumes and in this condition.
Price: $12,000.00 Item Number: 146310
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First Edition of George W. Child's Recollections; Inscribed by Him to General William Tecumseh Sherman
CHILDS, George W. [William Tecumseh Sherman].
Recollections.
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1890.
First edition of the autobiography of the famous publisher and co-owner of Philedelphia's Public Ledger; from the library of General William Tecumseh Sherman. Duodecimo, bound in contemporary blue half calf with gilt titles, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of George W. Childs. General William Tecumseh Sherman and his son P. T. Sherman’s booklates to the front pastedown. Association copy, inscribed by the author on the front flyleaf, "General W.T. Sherman with the compliments of George W. Fields February 1890." In very good condition with light rubbing, inscription in pencil to the front panel listing the pages with General Sherman's mentions in the…
Price: $2,500.00 Item Number: 145751
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First Edition of Architecture: Form, Space & Order; Inscribed by Francis Ching
CHING, Francis D.K.
Architecture: Form, Space & Order.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1979.
First edition of this classic introduction to the vocabulary of architectural design. Oblong quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John R. Francis Ching 9/7/2015." In near fine condition, name to the front free endpaper and pastedown.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 98778
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First Edition of Building Construction Illustrated; Inscribed by Francis D.K. Ching
CHING, Francis D.K.
Building Construction Illustrated.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John R. 9/7/2015 Francis D.K. Ching." In very good condition, owner name to the front free endpaper and pastedown.
Price: $2,000.00 Item Number: 114591
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First Edition of Building Construction Illustrated; Inscribed by Francis D.K. Ching
CHING, Francis D.K.
Building Construction Illustrated.
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company, 1975.
First edition of this classic work. Quarto, original illustrated boards, illustrated throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To John Rogers 3/2015 Francis D.K. Ching." In very good condition.
Price: $1,600.00 Item Number: 127010
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First Edition of The Boyhood and Youth of Joseph Hodges Choate; From the Library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman
CHOATE, Joseph Hodges [William Tecumseh Sherman].
The Boyhood and Youth of Joseph Hodges Choate.
New York: Privately Printed, 1917.
First edition of this autobiographical recollection of a lawyer and American ambassador to the United Kingdom, privately printed by Caroline Sterling Choate; from the library of Philemon Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, original half cloth, tissue-guarded frontispiece portrait of Joseph Hodges Choate at the age of seventeen, illustrated throughout with several tissue-guarded photographs, "With the Compliments of Mrs. Joseph H. Choate" note laid in. P. T. Sherman's bookplate to the front free endpaper beneath his inscription, "Uncle Cump studied Law in the office of Evert's Choate + Beaman 1889 E.S.F." Friends and family of General William Tecumseh Sherman often referred to him…
Price: $475.00 Item Number: 145989
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First Edition of Noam Chomsky's Syntactic Structures; Lengthily Signed by Him
CHOMSKY, Noam.
Syntactic Structures.
The Hague: Mouton & Company, 1957.
First edition of Chomsky's landmark first book. Octavo, original wrappers. Lengthily signed by the author on the title page with the added words, "Syntax is the study of the principle and processes by which sentences are constructed in particular languages Noam Chomsky." Near fine in wrappers. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box.
Price: $7,500.00 Item Number: 41018
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FIRST EDITION OF LANGUAGE AND MIND; SIGNED BY NOAM CHOMSKY
CHOMSKY, Noam.
Language and Mind.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, 1968.
First edition of this groundbreaking contribution to linguistic theory. Octavo, original wrappers. Signed by Noam Chomsky on the title page. Review copy with the slip laid in, in near fine condition, small name.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 110549
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Rare First Edition of Kate Chopin's The Awakening
CHOPIN, Kate.
The Awakening.
Chicago: Stone & Kimball, 1899.
First edition of this landmark work. Octavo, original green cloth stamped in dark green and red. In very good condition. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. First editions are rare, especially in this condition.
Price: $12,500.00 Item Number: 131587
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Rare Original Goldfinger Dust Jacket Design Printing Proof; signed by Dust Jacket Designer Richard Chopping and from his personal collection
CHOPPING, Richard. [Ian Fleming].
Goldfinger. [Original Richard Chopping Signed Printing Proof].
Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is the black ink progressive plate proof (one of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond dust jackets (with the…
Price: $18,000.00 Item Number: 124391
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Rare Original Goldfinger Dust Jacket Design Printing Proof; signed by Dust Jacket Designer Richard Chopping and from his personal collection
CHOPPING, Richard. [Ian Fleming].
Goldfinger. [Original Richard Chopping Signed Printing Proof].
Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is a yellow and magenta ink progressive plate proof (printed using two of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 124288
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Rare Original Goldfinger Dust Jacket Design Printing Proof; signed by Dust Jacket Designer Richard Chopping and from his personal collection
CHOPPING, Richard. [Ian Fleming].
Goldfinger. [Original Richard Chopping Signed Printing Proof].
Rare original progressive color printing proof for the iconic dust jacket design of Ian Fleming's Goldfinger, designed by Richard Chopping. Chopping's copy, retained for his personal collection and signed by him in the lower right corner. One page on archival printer's paper, this is the magenta ink progressive plate proof (printed using one of four plates combined to create the final full color image). The seventh novel in Fleming's bond series, Goldfinger was the second book with a dust jacket designed by Richard Chopping, the first being From Russia, With Love. Chopping would design all subsequent James Bond dust jackets…
Price: $25,000.00 Item Number: 124559
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The Oxford Book of French Verse; FINELY BOUND IN FULL CRUSHED RED MOROCCO BY SANGORSKI AND SUTCLIFFE
CHOSEN BY ST. JOHN LUCAS. EDITED BY P. MANSELL JONES,.
The Oxford Book of French Verse XIIIth Century – XXth Century.
London: Oxford University Press, 1957.
New edition of The Oxford Book of French Verse. Octavo, bound in full crushed red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, double gilt ruling and fleuron cornerpeices to the front and rear panels, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition.
Price: $1,250.00 Item Number: 130155
